Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1970	Victoria Spivey Presents The All Stars BLUES WORLD of Spivey Records in Stereo Roosevelt Sykes & His Koochie Koochie Men Roosevelt Sykes - Fat Daddy Jump - Dresser Drawers John Hammond - I'm Leaving # Victoria Spivey - Black Gal [] Smokey Hogg & His Washboard Trio Smokey Hogg [Willie Anderson Hogg] - Smokey's West Texas - Laura So Sweet Smokey Hogg [Willie Anderson Hogg] - My Baby Left Me Washboard Doc - Doctor Of The Washboard Smokey Hogg [Willie Anderson Hogg] - Bells Are Toning   @ youtube Willie Dixon Chicago Blues All Stars Willie Dixon - Down In The Bass-Ment Sunnyland Slim - Blues Drove Me Out Of My Mind Marie Dixon - Three O'Clock In The Morning Johnny Shines - Lonesome Bedroom Blues rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL Roosevelt Sykes & His Koochie Koochie Men: Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; John Hammond, g, # voc; Bill Dicey, hca; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb; [] Victoria Spivey, guest voc Smokey Hogg & His Washboard Trio: Hogg, Wasboard Doc & Benny Jefferson Willie Dixon Chicago Blues All Stars: Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines, Clifton James & Cryin' Marie Dixon the "Smokey Hogg" on this LP is not Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, but Willie Anderson 'Smokey' Hogg, who - nine years after Andrew Hogg's death - claimed to be the 'authentic' and 'original' Smokey Hogg Smokey (Willie Anderson) Hogg source: Front cover of Spivey 1011; photographer most likely Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1011 Spivey Records discography
2	1970	Spivey's Blues Parade Spivey's Blues Paraders - Overture Rouser # Benny Jefferson - Life Is A Feeling Pat Blackman - Get Yourself Another Monkey Sugar Blue & His Harmonica - Sugar Really Has The Blues Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman Billie Mitchell - My Mama And My Papa Walter "Shakey" Horton (+ Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines) - Inter-Mission Taste § ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party") Victoria Spivey (+ Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery & Sonny Greer) - Jet   @ youtube Carolina Rose - Wine Drinkin' Man Sonny Boy Williamson [actually Victoria Spivey, accompanied by SBW] - Black Snake Swinger (158) |||   @ youtube Nita Washington - Rich Man Blues // Washboard Bill - You Are My Sunshine Littly Sonny Parker - Love Is Got Me Down Delsey MacCay (+ Horton & Sunnyland Slim) - Just Deserts * ("Hotel Alvin Blues Party") Papa Comb & His Ukelele Mama - Struggle Buggy Blues Lonnie Johnson - Lonnie's Traveling Light unissued tracks from September 28, 1963 session: - Careless Love (156) || - St. Louis Blues (157) ||| # rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL; Bill Dicey, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; John Hammond, g; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb || rec. September 28, 1963 (during AFBF '63) at Stephanie Wiesand's home in Baden-Baden, Germany; Victoria Spivey, voc, uke; ||| Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Günter Boas, p § rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Johnny Shines, g; Victoria Spivey, voc chorus * rec. 1969/70 in New York City; Delsey McKay, voc; Walter Horton, hca; Sunnyland Slim, chatter // rec. February 1970 in New York City; Nita Washington, voc; Bob Malenky, fl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; John Hammond, g; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1012 Spivey Records discography
3	1970	Kings and the Queen   Volume Two Memphis Slim - Everything I Do Is Wrong Lonnie Johnson - Feelings From The Fingers Roosevelt Sykes - Sleeping All Day Blues Victoria Spivey, Big Joe Williams, Bob Dylan - Big Joe, Dylan and Victoria Victoria Spivey - A Bum Can't Do You No Good Memphis Slim - European Blues Victoria Spivey - Go Tell My Other Man Big Joe Williams - Drifting Blues Roosevelt Sykes, John Hammond - Bicycle Riding Mama # Lonnie Johnson - Be Careful Victoria Spivey, Bob Dylan - It's Dangerous Memphis Slim - Slim's Organ Boogie For Victoria # rec. May 1969 in Willie Dixon's basement in Chicago, IL; Roosevelt Sykes & His Koochie Koochie Men: Roosevelt Sykes, voc, p; John Hammond, g; Bill Dicey, hca; Bob Malenky, flute; Washboard Doc, washb John Hammond discography notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1014 Spivey Records discography
4	1975	New York Really Has The "Blues Stars" (Vol. 1) Paul Oscher's Breakdown Blues Band featuring Rose Melody and Ola Dixon - Double Trouble - Gone And Started Raining - Shades Of Blue - Charles - Rhythm Rockin' Sugar Blue (James Whiting) feat. Cecile Ballif and Paul Cooper - Beggin' The Girl To Go - Pontiac Blues - I'm Dark And I'm Hungry Dicey-Ross Blues Band - Don't Start Me Talking - Key To The Highway Washboard Doc and Friends (Bobby Foster, Carolina Rose, Smokey Hogg [Willie Anderson Hogg], Piano Tuner Papa (Ben Jackson) - Under Your Hood - Please Throw A Poor Dog A Bone - Mean Mistreatin' Mama Victoria Spivey - No Body the "Smokey Hogg" on this LP is not Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, but Willie Anderson 'Smokey' Hogg, who - nine years after Andrew Hogg's death - claimed to be the 'authentic' and 'original' Smokey Hogg Smokey (Willie Anderson) Hogg source: Blues Unlimited 62 (May 1969), p. 20 ("courtesy Mike Vernon") Spivey 1018 Spivey Records discography
5	1975	Alec Seward: Late One Saturday Evening A party with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and others - What Has Annie Got ? (3:05)   @ youtube   @ Spotify - Risin' Sun Shine On (2:57)   @ Spotify - Her Ways Are So Sweet (5:03) // \\\ ||   @ Spotify - C.C. Rider (2:30) \\   @ Spotify - C.C. Rider No. 2 (2:30) # \\   @ Spotify - Goin' Down Slow (3:04)   @ Spotify - Rock Me Darlin' (2:55)   @ Spotify - Late One Saturday Evening (3:29)   @ Spotify - Blues All Around My Head (2:38)   @ Spotify - Feel So Good (1:30)   @ Spotify - Blues All Around My Head No. 2 (3:08) # // \\\ ||   @ Spotify - Trouble In Mind (2:20) #   @ Spotify - Creepin' Blues (2:39)   @ Spotify - Cousin John (1:54) // \\   @ Spotify - I Wish I'd Listened (2:50)   @ Spotify rec. Autumn 1966 at a house party in New York, NY; Alec Seward, voc, g; # Julia Carr, voc; Sonny Terry, hca, // voc; Brownie McGhee, \\ g, \\\ voc; || Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, wb; prod. by Kent Cooper & Heiner Stadler notes by Kent Cooper Blue Labor BL 103 (US 1975) = Fat Possum FP1160-2 (US 2013)
6	1978	Joe Turner: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter and the Bill Dicey-Robert Ross Band with Washboard Doc Introducing Brenda Bell - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Let Me Be Your Dog - Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do # - Red Sails In The Sunset # - Boss Of The House - Little Birdie Tweet-Tweet-Tweet rec. March 18, 1977 in New York, NY; Big Joe Turner, voc; # Brenda Bell, voc; Bill Dicey, hca; Llyod Glenn, p; Robert Ross, g; Danny Counts, b; Ken Lovell, dr; Washboard Doc, wb Brenda Bell discography Spivey 1020 Spivey Records discography
7	1979	Washboard Doc's Hep 3@ youtube with Lucky and the Flash - Flip Flop And Fly - Bright Lights Big City - One Two Three Four - You Don't Have To Go - Wait And See - Shake Rattle And Roll - Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes - Worried Life Blues - Driftin' Blues - Josephine - I Told You I Love You - Doc Lucky And The Flash rec. c. 1978 in New York, NY; Washboard Doc (Joseph Doctor), washboard; Lucky (Cab Lucky), voc, hca, g; Flash (John Whitner), voc, humazoo, washtub bass notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1021 Spivey Records discography
8	1979	Eunice Davis and her Spivey Low-down Blues Privacy Invaders What Is The Blues ?!! (A Cryin' Ache) - Rowdy, Raunchy, Ready & Real - Don't Mind You Havin' Fun - What Is The Blues ?!! (A Cryin' Ache) - Moanin' Low - My Baby - I've Got News For You Baby! - Are You For Me (Or agin' me)? - (About) My Love Life rec. May 28, 1978 in New York, NY; Eunice Davis, voc; Bill Dicey, hca; Bob Ross, Andy Story, gs; Jon Dreschler, b; George Morales, dr; Washboard Doc, washboard, perc notes by Len Kunstadt Spivey 1022 Spivey Records discography
9	1980	Let's Boogie - The All Stars Blues World of Spivey Records with Beulah Bryant, Washboard Doc, Lucky & the Flash, Clem Moorman; Victoria Spivey with Eddie Barefield and Pat Wilson - Intro A La Blues - Going To T Town - Mama Don't Allow # - Play With My Poodle - Sweet Papa - Kansas City - Come On To My House # - St. Louis Blues * - Blues Suite For Piano no.1 - Encore T Town rec. December 13, 1979 in Brooklyn, NY # Cab Lucky, voc, g; Washboard Doc, wb; Flash (John Whitner), washtub-b, humazoo * Flash (John Whitner), voc, humazoo, washtub-b; Cab Lucky, g; Washboard Doc, wb Spivey 1025 Spivey Records discography
10	1980	Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash: Early Morning Blues Special Guest: Louisiana Red - Early One Morning # * - Little Mary # - Driftin' Blues - Goin' Home To Grandma [] - Next Time I See You * - Boll Weevil # - Going To Louisiana # - Tell Me Pretty Mama * - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad # - That's Alright # - Mailman Blues # - Whiskey Blues # * rec. February 5, 1966 at Penthouse Recordings in New York, NY; Cab Lucky, g, # voc; John "Flash" Whitner, washtub b, humazoo, * voc; Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, washboard; special guest: Louisiana Red, metal g, [] voc; prod. byHorst Lippmann album design: Günther Kieser; liner photo by Len Kunstadt notes by Len Kunstadt L+R 42.010 (Germany 1980) = L+R 12L0129 (Spain 1981) L+R Records discography
11	1980	American Folk Blues Festival '80 LP 1: Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman # - I Wonder Who # - Lonesome Train # - Tribute To Mama Spivey # °° Willie Mabon - Mabon's Boogie * - I Don't Know * Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Shake, Rattle And Roll || Eunice Davis - Rock Little Daddy [] Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Flip, Flop And Fly || Hubert Sumlin & Carey Bell - Gamblin' Woman // - I Got A Little Thing They Call The Swing // LP 2: Carey Bell - One Day I Get Lucky \\ - Nineteen Years Old \\ - What My Mama Told Me \\ Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I get To Drinking § Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie § Eddie Taylor - Dust My Broom $ - There'll Be A Day $ Louisiana Red - Labour Blues ## - Thirty Dirty Women # °° °° not on CD rec. April 20 in Saarbrücken, April 22 in Mannheim, May 5 in Hamburg and May 7 in Düsseldorf, Germany # Louisiana Red, voc, g * Willie Mabon, voc, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr || Joseph "Washboard Doc" Doctor, washboard; Cab Lucky, g, voc; John "Flash" Whitner, washtub b, humazoo, voc; Louisiana Red, dobro [] Eunice Davis, voc; Sunnyland Slim, p // Hubert Sumlin, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Eddie Taylor, g \\ Carey Bell, voc, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr § Sunnyland Slim, voc, p; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Taylor, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr $ Eddie Taylor, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr ## Louisiana Red, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Robert Stroger, b; Odie Payne, dr photos by Ulla Reimer, Gerd Scheffler and Norbert Hess Willie Mabon discographyHubert Sumlin discography notes by Norbert Hess L+R 42.013 (Germany 1980) (=) Optimism LR CD-2013 (US 1991) (=) Bellaphon CDLS 42013 (Germany 1998) 4 CD box notes by Ulfert Goemann (=) Bellaphon / L+R CDLR 726123 (EU 2002) "American Folk Blues Festival 1970/1972/1980/ 1981" L+R Records discography
12	1980	Eunice Davis Sings The Classic Blues of Victoria Spivey, Memphis Minnie & Eunice Davis - In My Girlish Days - Rock Little Daddy   @ youtube - What Can I Do - Don't Trust Nobody   @ youtube - Detroit Moan - Organ Grinder Blues - I'm So Glad   @ youtube - Black Rat - It's Hard To Be Mistreated - Murder In The First Degree   @ youtube rec. February 4, 1980 in New York, NY; Eunice Davis, voc; Clem Moorman, p; Louisiana Red, dobro; Lucky, g; Flash, washtub-b; Washboard Doc, washboard photos of Eunice Davis by Len Kunstadt notes by Eunice Davis L+R 42.016 (Germany 1980) L+R Records discography
13	1984	The Art Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins with Washboard Doc's Trio and Nat Riddles - Let Your Love, Little Darlin !, Come Back To Me - It Took Your Kind Of Love - Love Nobody But Me - In My Dream - Furburger - I Want To Do It In A Cave! rec. c. 1976 in New York City; Screaming Jay Hawkins, voc, p; Nat Riddles, hca; Cab Lucky, g; Flash (John Whitner), washtub-b; Washboard Doc (Joseph Doctor), washb notes by Sheldon Harris Spivey LP 1036 Spivey Records discography
14	19??	American Folk Blues Festival '80 Louisiana Red - Introduction - New York Blues (0:30) - I Wonder Who (3:50) - I'm In Trouble (6:10) - Smoke Marijuana (10:00) Willie Mabon - Introduction (12:10) - Hey Girl (13:35) - Little Red Rooster (18:50) - I'm Mad (26:20) - Moanin' Blues (31:05) - Shake That Thing (38:00) - Mabon's Boogie (42:40) Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash with Louisiana Red - Introduction (45:00) - Goin' Louisiana (46:30) - Driftin' Blues (50:20) - Pretty Mama (53:30)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Flip, Flop & Fly (omitted, on L+R 42.013) Eunice Davis with Sunnyland Slim & Washboard Doc, Lucky & Flash - Introduction (56:30) - Girlish Days (57:40)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Detroit Mama (1:02:00)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Rock Little Daddy (1:05:40) Hubert Sumlin, Carey Bell & Eddie Taylor - Introduction (1:08:45) - Gamblin' Woman (1:09:20)   @ youtube (live footage!) - My Baby's Fine (1:12:55) - Little Girl (1:16:35)   @ youtube (live footage!) - Got A Little Thing They Call It Swing (omitted, on L+R 42.013) Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin & Eddie Taylor with Robert Stroger & Odie Payne - Introduction (1:21:30) - One Day I Get Lucky (1:22:25) - Hoochie Coochie Man (1:28:20) - What My Mama Told Me (1:33:00) The combined Blues Bands of Sunnyland Slim & Eddie Taylor - Introduction (1:38:10) - Sunnyland's New Orleans Boogie (1:38:35) - Got To Get To My Baby (1:43:15) - My Baby Drinks Wine (actually "She's Got A Thing Goin' On") (1:46:10) The combined Blues Bands of Sunnyland Slim & Eddie Taylor - Announcement (1:50:10) - Dust My Broom (omitted, on L+R 42.013) - My Baby Is Going Away ("When My Baby Walked Away"?) (1:50:35) - Big Boss Man (1:54:30) Robert Stroger & Odie Payne - Introduction (1:58:20) - How Do You Do (2:00:00) - Odie Payne's Blues Drum Special (2:03:35) Louisiana Red & Sunnyland Slim's Band - Introduction (2:23:40) - Everyday I Have The Blues (2:24:10) - Sweet Home Chicago (2:25:40) rec. April 20, 1980 at Kongresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany Youtube Video (audio only!)
Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 389 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 555 - Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 153, 291, 295, 481 - Norbert Hess: Washboard Doc (obituary).- Juke Blues #14 (Winter 1988/89), p. 21 - Edward Komara: Washboard Doc.- in Edward Komara (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Blues Vol. 1 (A-L).- New York/London (Routledge) 2005, pp. 1049-1050 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: Front cover of L+R 42.010 thanks to Bob Eagle for additional info   "Washboard Doc", Kiel, Germany, May 9, 1980 source: Juke Blues #14 (Winter 1988/89), p. 20 photographer: Norbert Hess     John "Flash" Whitner playing washtub-bass and humazoo source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1021; photographer: Len Kunstadt   Cab "Lucky" source: Front cover of Spivey LP 1021 photographer: Len Kunstadt   American Folk Blues Festival 1980 ensemble (in the background:) "Washboard Doc", Eunice Davis, Eddie Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Carey Bell, Cab "Lucky" (in the foreground:) Sunnyland Slim, Willie Mabon, John "Flash" Whitner, Robert Stroger, Odie Payne source: Back cover of L+R LP 42.013; photographer: most likely Norbert Hess

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